Davenport, Washington
| Davenport | |
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| City | |
| Davenport, Washington | |
 Location of Davenport, Washington |
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| Coordinates: 47°39′4″N 118°9′6″W / 47.65111°N 118.15167°WCoordinates: 47°39′4″N 118°9′6″W / 47.65111°N 118.15167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Lincoln |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.82 sq mi (4.71 km2) |
| • Land | 1.82 sq mi (4.71 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,375 ft (724 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,734 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 1,672 |
| • Density | 952.7/sq mi (367.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 99122 |
| Area code(s) | 509 |
| FIPS code | 53-16795 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1504329 |
| Website | City of Davenport |
Davenport is the county seat of Lincoln County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,734 at the 2010 census.
Davenport was first settled in 1880, and was named in 1882 for resident J.C. Davenport. The city was made the county seat of Lincoln County on December 15, 1896, after an election that chosen Davenport over then-seat Sprague, which had been destroyed in a fire, and Harrington.
Davenport was officially incorporated on June 9, 1890. Davenport gained early prominence in the north central part of the Columbia Basin of eastern Washington, with its citizens successfully lobbying to receive the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railway (SLS&E) in 1889 in place of rival Wheatdale. The transcontinental Northern Pacific Railway (NP) established a subsidiary, the Central Washington Railroad (CW), to build a competing railroad line that reached Davenport in February 1889. A branch line of the Great Northern Railway (GN) was built to Davenport from Bluestem in the 1920s.
Davenport is centrally located in the northern wheat belt of the Columbia Basin, where dryland wheat farming on the hills not washed away in the great Missoula Floods some 14,000 years ago, is critical to the agricultural economy of the region. Davenport Union Warehouse and Odessa Union Warehouse operate multiple elevators of varying age and design on the southern part of the city. A few of these structures date to the early days of the city. Davenport still serves as a central collection point for wheat, with most of it shipped out by truck or railcar. While most of the wheat goes to export, some of it does find its way to the ADM flour mills in Spokane and Cheney. Locally grown barley also finds it's way to various west coast breweries and other users.
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